RT Journal
T1 FIrst lessons in bacteriology for nurses.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD September 20
VO 73
IS 12
SP 931
OP 931
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610380057028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610380057028
AB This is a practical discussion of one of the most important of the branches of medicine of which the nurse should have a clear understanding. Having a practical knowledge of bacteriology, she is able to understand why she does certain things and the importance of doing them well. The author has succeeded in avoiding unnecessarily technical language and in presenting the subject in such elementary terms as to make it possible for the average nurse to get a good fundamental knowledge of what bacteria are, how they grow and what they do. Separate chapters are devoted to the bacteriology of special diseases, as tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid fever, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and venereal diseases. In separate chapters are discussed immunity, vaccines, serums, etc. While elementary and written especially for nurses, physicians who realize that they are becoming "rusty" will find this little book helpful as a first step in